In the Papers

Hardly a week goes by without at least one paper publishing an article that supports or opposes our cause. We do our best to keep up with the papers and place links to these articles for you to read and also for our own use in our campaigning work.

Daily News article Sunday, May 14, 2017, 5.00am A must-read article! “Mothers serve two very important biological functions for children in the first three years. They soothe a child’s distress in the moment, and they help regulate a child’s emotions, not allowing them to go too high or too low.” Click on link below to continue […]

Telegraph article 2 October 2016 • 7:00am A must-read article! “Error-prone government computer systems have caused tens of thousands of people – mainly stay-at-home mothers – to miss out on thousands of pounds of state pension entitlement. A woman who took three years off work to raise children could be nearly £14,000 worse off over […]

The value of unpaid chores at home BBC BUSINESS report, 7th April 2016 A must-read article! Click on link above. But before you do, have a go at guessing these figures below……. Question 1: If you were asked to calculate the value (in £££) per UK household, of unpaid work carried out at home […]

Warning over plans to extend nursery hours 17th February 2016 MAHM says: ‘The Government will not listen’ …….that’s something we seem to hear time and time again these days! In other words failure to engage with people on the ground – and failure to listen to the concerns of experiences practitioners and managers when it […]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/09/a-critical-problem-affecting-americas-childcare-system-but-ignored-by-policymakers/ Washington Post 9th Feb 2016 Extract: ‘Financial stability and human well-being are strongly correlated. The devastating effect of poverty is readily mirrored in childcare settings, where low-income children and the low-wage childcare workforce meet on a daily basis. Poverty is the “single greatest” threat to the well-being of young children. The U.S. childcare […]

Childcare policies failing says Family and Childcare Trust Guardian article 27th January 2016 We agree that 30 hours of childcare funding is unrealistic and unworkable. However what we would like to see is more support for families on low incomes in fairer family taxation and social security protection, valuing the work of caregivers at home, […]

HMRC tells childminders to repay tax credits and prove business is run to make profits Summary: It seems many childminders will be under yet more pressure to work longer hours and take on more children. They will need to show a business plan and that their business is run for profit, so that they don’t […]